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Høybråten Church

Church in Oslo, Norway

59°56′39.527″N 10°54′33.46″E / 59.94431306°N 10.9092944°E / 59.94431306; 10.9092944LocationHøybråten
Grorud Valley
Oslo,CountryNorwayDenomination

Church of NorwayChurchmanshipEvangelical LutheranWebsitehttps://kirken.noHistoryStatusParish churchConsecrated1932ArchitectureFunctional statusActiveArchitect(s)Georg GreveSpecificationsCapacity168MaterialsBrick / cementAdministrationDioceseDiocese of OsloDeaneryØstre Aker^[1]^[2]ParishHøybråten, Fossum og Stovner

Høybråten Church (Norwegian: Høybråten kirke) is a church dating from 1932 in Oslo, Norway. It was originally a burial chapel at a cemetery which was consecrated in 1929. However, the church was later rebuilt in 1932, and in 1966 it attained the status of a parish church. One of the largest cemeteries in Oslo still surrounds the church.^[3]

The bell tower is located in the middle of the ridge turret. The church bells are produced by Olsen Nauen bell foundry in Tønsberg. The altarpiece is a mosaic that was created in 1955 by Per Vigeland. The church organ at the organ loft is made by Jørgensens Orgelfabrikk (1974).

By the church is a memorial of local casualties during World War II, created by Dagfinn Hermansen and unveiled in 1947.

Høybråten Parish House was built near the church, and was finished before Christmas 2002.^[1]^[2]^[4]

Høybråten Church is a heritage site and is registered in the Cultural Heritage monument data base of Norway.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b Høybråten kirke Norske kirkebygg (in Norwegian)
^ ^a ^b Høybråten kirke www.kirkesok.no (in Norwegian)
^ Høynråten kirkegård (in Norwegian)
^ M.C. Kirkebøe: Oslos kirker i gammel og ny tid (New edition by K.A. Tvedt og Ø. Reisegg, Kunnskapsforlaget, 2007), page 93 (in Norwegian)
^ Cultural Heritage, Høybråten Church Archived 2013-10-18 at the Wayback Machine Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage (in Norwegian)